Category: Atari News
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Rob, the host of Atari’s Player/Missile Podcast has been working hard on Omnivore, a cross-platform utility for modern hardware (running Linux, OSX, and Windows) to work with executables or disk images of Atari 8-bit machines. It is actually a very versatile tool since it is, at the same time, a hex editor, a disassembler (with mini-assembler) and a map editor. Developed in…
Mr SQL user from Atariage forum has released a Defender-style game for the Atari 2600 where you have to protect the cities of Mars from comets and meteors. On this game, you have to destroy the comets and meteors before they level the city to progress to the next level. The game ends when your ship is hit without shields…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
Andrea “Wanax”, developer of many games for the Commodore64 has announced that he will port his latest game, Platman, to the Atari 8-bit platform. He explains on the forum thread that the graphics are already completed by Jose Pereira who added “Although we two had some talkins in the past mostly regarding my mockups of Rocky Memphis here it was Wanax…
Bobby Bearing is an isometric 3D arcade adventure developed by Robert Figgins and Trevor Figgins released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. “The player controls Bobby Bearing in his search for his four lost brothers and their cousin. He must avoid the evil Bearings, find his missing and unconscious relatives, and roll them out of…
Jordan Mechner’s first game for the Apple II, Karateka was a huge success that paves the developer path to a successful career that includes the Prince of Persia franchise. After released for the Apple II, Kareteka was ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and ST and many others. But never for the Amiga. After almost…
BOMBER, a game for the Atari XL/XE, made the second place at the 2015 ABBUC-Software-Competition and now it is available for purchase as a limited boxed edition. All the games were recorded on never used floppies to ensure quality and reliability. The box also contains a download code for BOMBER in three formats: Bootdisk, DOS-Disk and .xex-File. The game can be ordered…
Rainbow Walker was published by Synapse Software in 1983 for the Atari 8-bit. Developed by Steve Coleman, it is an arcade game where you control Cedrick, a small creature that has the power to add colours back to the rainbow after a villain had stolen all the colors leaving the rainbow gray and dull. The AtariAge forum user Wrathchild managed to make the conversion…
The AtariAge forum user ‘mgr_inz_rafal’ has released a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers called ‘Priest John McPuke’, an adventure game which according to the developer, delivers a vast world, a multitude of different locations, a throng of items to use and an interesting story. The game was released last Christmas in Polish, and now the English version made its…
